Student Government Assembly 2005 Election

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Metro´s wait is over

Solo finalist Jordan accepts job as Metro´s 15th president

by Nic Garcia
The Metropolitan

Stephen Jordan, president of Eastern Washington University, has accepted Metro´s Board of Trustees´ offer to fill the position of head honcho.

The board voted unanimously April 6 to finalize Jordan´s bid for the job of president.

Jordan will officially start July 1.

However, Jordan, who has strong ties to Colorado, will be on campus Thursday, April 14, to meet with the Student Government Assembly during their regularly scheduled meeting at 3:30 p.m. in Tivoli Room 329.

He is also planning other trips to the campus throughout the spring and summer to meet with the college´s stakeholders.  more  >>>

Tuition to jump by 7.2 percent

by Clayton Woullard
The Metropolitan

Tuition for Metro students will increase by 7.2 percent starting this fall, as students at other colleges and universities around the state will see tuition jump double digits.

Metro´s Board of Trustees voted in its monthly meeting April 6 to raise tuition for resident and non-resident students by 7.2 percent, 2.1 percent more than the 5.1 percent recommended by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.  more  >>>

Campaign: ´New´ textbooks overpriced

Students, faculty say publishers overprice updated textbooks

by Svetlana Guineva
The Metropolitan

Faculty and students have launched a national campaign aimed at fighting the increasing textbook prices as part of the effort to make higher education more accessible.

The student chapter of Colorado Public Interest Research Group, or CoPIRG, has started the Affordable Textbooks Campaign, which, for now, is in effect only at the University of Colorado-Boulder campus.

CoPIRG student representatives from Boulder visited Auraria April 7 with the idea of popularizing the campaign and to attract more students and faculty at Metro, CCD and UCD to participate.  more  >>>

oncampus

Metro to hold 4th annual jazz celebration

The Metropolitan and Met Report win awards at conference

Metro students can win $1,000

Old ideas, old time religion

by Zoë Williams
Columnist

The death of the pope last week brought out millions of mourners and tear- jerking eulogies for the religious leader. As with most deceased leaders, all of the negative elements of John Paul II´s legacy disappeared from the media, including the fact that the pope opposed reproductive freedom and choice in the hands of women.

The pope´s followers appear to have utilized their grief as motivation, picking up where he left off, to hack away at a woman´s inalienable right to decide when she will have a child.  more  >>>

Remember, kids: Vote early; vote often

by Tim Dunbar
Columnist

It´s no secret that I think the current Student Government Assembly is the most useless group since the Commission on Un-American Activities and the fact that they blow more than $120,000 of your money every year is a disgrace. Anyone who´s ever read this column knows I have no time for this bunch of self-serving, resume-padding bureaucrats.

Neither, it appears, do the students of Metro; nor does W.H. "Butch" Oxendine, the consultant the SGA paid $5,000 to evaluate them.  more  >>>

Martha Stewart Living ...
very well, thank you

by Bryan Goodland
Columnist

Being a billionaire is not as easy today as it once was. Take a look at the way the courts are treating Martha Stewart.

Since her release from prison, she has received about $75,000 in salary from her company and has been "forced" to stay on her 153 acre estate. This is the woman who lied about her investments and has been petitioning the courts to lighten her sentence.

She only spent five months in jail! I think it´s time for Stewart to give it a rest.   more  >>>

Letter to the Editor

Stoking the Fire: 'Mountain' brings folklore to life

Theater review by Adam Goldstein
The Metropolitan

An old-fashioned hootenanny has hit the Denver Center Theatre, brimming with song, stories, and history.

One of the DCTC's last productions of the season, "Fire on the Mountain" relies largely on the narrative power of American folk music to tell its tale. It is a musical tribute to the coal miners of Appalachia, a celebration of their culture, lifestyle, hardships and heroics. More than a story of specific characters or conflicts, the performance serves as an exploration of an entire social and professional stratum.   more  >>>

 

Spring Blooms On Broadway Gallery Review

by Heather Wahle
The Metropolitan

Combine a comic book, a teen fashion magazine and the beauty of Japanese surroundings and you will find an unlikely, yet effective and innovative art style.

Yumiko Kayukawa was born in a small town near Hokkaido, Japan. She was ultimately inspired by the majestic beauty and the animals that surrounded her while growing up. The artist consistently infuses Japan's landscape into her work.  more  >>>

Life Under the Veil

Afghan author shares experiences with
students

by Maya Salaam
The Metropolitan

After two years of searching for her missing husband in her homeland of Afghanistan, Dr. Farooka Gauhari made the courageous decision to leave the country with her three children.

"The day I left the country, I promised myself I would take the grievances of the Afghanistan war to the outside world," Gauhari said to Auraria campus students and faculty in a presentation called, "Under the Taliban: The Compelling Stories of an Afghan Woman," on April 7 in the Tivoli Turnhalle.
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Metro earns split with CSU-Pueblo

by by Sam DeWitt and Elin Otter
The Metropolitan

By all accounts, the Metro baseball team was in dire straits.

Being 0-7 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play entering a big weekend against CSU Pueblo–one of the best teams in the conference at 8–0–the Roadrunners desperately needed to win a game to get their confidence back after starting the season in strong fashion.

"We know that we are a good team," said junior pitcher Mike Hoefs. "We know what we have."  more  >>>

Thanks, Metro Sports Information. Finally ...

Donald Smith
The Metropolitan

All right, baseball; way to beat another good team! And just think, if you can do this to four more teams at least 14 more times, you might just get some respect by going to the conference tournament.

Thanks to the Metro Sports Information Office–I can finally say something about ... someone, anyone on the tennis squads. ´Runner brothers Riley and William Meyer are on a six-game win streak as well as being 8-4 for the spring season. Although these two Meyers have been good, Scott Flanigan has been great, winning seven matches in a row as the No. 6 player. These three have been playing so well as of late, they might just get their names on some All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference trophies.  more  >>>

Men´s tennis lose two, win one

Teammates feed off senior´s spirit and mental game

by Nick Tacinas
The Metropolitan

The Metro men´s tennis team beat Emporia State but dropped two conference matches this weekend against Nebraska-Kearney and Colorado School of Mines.

The first match, April 6, against Mines (10-9, 2-1 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) was a battle; the Roadrunners lost 2-7.  more  >>>

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